M4 Bristol: Man sentenced after crash kills two women

Slade was jailed on Friday at Bristol Crown Court

A driver was being filmed driving at 100mph for TikTok moments before he killed two women, a court has heard.

The collision happened between junctions 22 and 21 of the M4 near Bristol in the early hours of 17 July.

Driver Liam Slade was jailed on Friday after pleading guilty to causing the deaths of Saado Hussein, 58, and Suad Ahmed, 68, by dangerous driving.

He was handed an extended sentence of 19 years and eight months with five years on licence.

In a victim statement the families said their lives have "changed forever".

'Most awful news'

"It is Impossible to express how it's impacted us," they said.

"It is torture of having to wake up not getting good morning phone called from our mother".

Fatima Hudoon, daughter of Saado Hussein, said it has been "the most awful news no one ever expects".

"What cuts deeper is that less than two years ago our father passed away from chronic illness."

Bristol Crown Court was told several witnesses had seen the 33-year-old of Aberthaw Circle, Newport, driving dangerously, at speed and overtaking different vehicles.

Slade fled the scene after the crash.

The court also heard a video uploaded to TikTok showed he was travelling at speeds of more than 100mph (160km/h).

It was also revealed the true speed is believed to have been 119mph (191km/h).

Slade is expected to serve two thirds of his sentence.

He admitted to two counts each of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by driving while disqualified.

The court was told a video uploaded to Twitter showed Slade driving at speeds of more than 100mph

Defending Slade, Clare Wilks openly apologised to the victims' families and read out a letter from him expressing further remorse to them.

Sentencing, Judge William Hart said: "The scale of tragedy is too vividly apparent."

He described Slade as having a deplorable criminal record with 30 previous convictions.

Slade pleaded guilty to the offences.